LORI MCKENNA’S NEW SONG “TIED TO YOU” FEATURING MEDIUM BUILD OUT TODAY

September 12, 2025—Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and musician Lori McKenna shares her new song, “Tied To You,” featuring acclaimed singer-songwriter Medium Build today—listen HERE.

Of the song, produced by Ben West (Stephen Wilson Jr., Carter Faith), McKenna shares, “I’m scared but that’s ok. I think it’s ok anyway. Uncertainty is one of the very few things certain in life after all. And I’m not that smart but I know my job as a student - and I’m more willing to learn now than when I was younger. My kids have been my greatest teachers. Along with love, pain, success, failure and grief. And so many other things. But the lessons that I’ve learned from being a parent - the ones that feel so personal and so specific in the beginning - have been the ones that are so universal once I have a better perspective of them. I wrote this song for one child who was moving across the world for a few months, out of my reach. Part apology, part prayer, part mantra. But once I took a look back at it, I realized that it wasn’t just about my kids. It’s about all of us. And everything. Tied together. The song is always bigger than I know how to be. I’m so grateful for that. The brilliant Ben West brought this recording to life for me. And from the very beginning my dreamer heart heard Medium Build on the other side of that eternal thread. I hope you hear the love in it. The apology, the prayer, the mantra…but mostly the love.”

“I first saw Lori play 15 years ago. I was so moved and impressed with how she wrote and showed up as a person,” says Medium Build a.k.a. Nick Carpenter. “I was an immediate fan. I sponged up all of her albums and made my parents listen to my faves. I remember seeing a tear fall out my dad’s eye listening to Lori sing. I was floored at the work a song could do in the toughest of hearts. Impressed by how powerful a song could be. Lori is a pure source of heart and human stories, always looking for the connection between us. I adore Lori and being on this song was the easiest yes I’ve ever said. An absolute honor.”

A powerful live performer, McKenna will continue to tour this fall with headline shows across the Northeast and Midwest, including stops at The Ark in Ann Arbor, MI, the Colonial Theatre Laconia in Laconia, NH, the Spire Center in Plymouth, MA and others. See below for current tour itinerary.

ABOUT LORI MCKENNA

One of music’s most respected voices, McKenna has released thirteen studio albums to date, including 2016’s The Bird & The Rifle, 2018’s The Tree, 2020’s The Balladeer and 2023’s 1988, along with a subsequent deluxe edition. Produced by Dave Cobb (Brandi Carlile, Jason Isbell), 1988 was released to overwhelming critical acclaim with Billboard praising, “heartstring-tuggers…she can succinctly distill wisdom into a single line,” while People hailed, “overflow with the wise, soul-baring storytelling that she’s long been celebrated for, sung in her distinctively emotive voice.” In addition to her work as a solo artist, McKenna is one of the industry’s most in-demand songwriters, having written songs for artists such as Taylor Swift and Chris Stapleton, Miranda Lambert, Maren Morris, George Strait, Sheryl Crow, Carrie Underwood, Faith Hill and Reba McEntire. McKenna also co-wrote “Always Remember Us This Way,” which was featured in the Oscar-winning 2018 film, A Star Is Born. In the past few years, McKenna has won Best Country Song at GRAMMY Awards three times (The Highwomen’s “Crowded Table,” Tim McGraw’s “Humble and Kind” and Little Big Town’s “Girl Crush”), Song of the Year at the CMA Awards twice (“Girl Crush” and “Humble and Kind”) and was the first female to ever win the ACM Awards’ Songwriter of the Year award.

ABOUT MEDIUM BUILD

Creating Medium Build in 2015, Nick Carpenter has gone on to release five studio albums to date, including his critically acclaimed major label debut Country, which has earned praise from NPR Music, People, Billboard, The Tennessean, NME and more. He has become a favorite across the creative community, with artists including John Mayer, Zach Bryan, Elton John, Boygenius and more counting themselves amongst his fans. Carpenter has also toured with the likes of Lewis Capaldi, FINNEAS, Holly Humberstone and Briston Maroney, and earned coveted spots on Zane Lowe’s Artists to Watch 2024 list and Rolling Stone’s “Future 25.” Following the release of his takeaways EP, he continues a busy 2025 with a nomination for Emerging Act of the Year at the 24th Annual Americana Honors & Awards and a summer tour joining Alex Warren, Tyler Childers, and Rainbow Kitten Surprise on select dates, including two nights at NYC’s Forest Hills Stadium and a stop at the legendary Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

For more information on Lori McKenna, please contact
Asha Goodman 615.320.7753, Catherine Snead 615.320.7753 or
Carla Sacks 212.741.1000 at Sacks & Co.

For more information on Medium Build, please contact
Samantha Tillman, Joe Cohen, Kate Rakvic, Grace Jacobsak or
Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

LORI MCKENNA CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
September 11 /// Newport, RI /// The JPT Film & Event Center
September 12 /// Groton, MA /// Groton Hill Music Center
September 18 /// Plymouth, MA /// Spire Center for Performing Arts
September 19 /// Rockport, MA /// Shalin Liu Performance Center
September 20 /// Laconia, NH /// Colonial Theatre Laconia
October 4 /// Annapolis, MD /// Rams Head Tavern
October 5 /// Alexandria, VA /// Birchmere
October 8 /// Ann Arbor, MI /// The Ark
October 9 /// Evanston, IL /// Space
October 10 /// St. Louis, MO /// The Sheldon Concert
Hall and Art Galleries

MEDIUM BUILD CONFIRMED TOUR DATES
September 20 /// Richmond, VA /// Iron Blossom
September 24 /// Camden, NJ /// Freedom Mortgage Pavilion*
September 25 /// Mansfield, MA /// Xfinity Center*
September 27 /// Bristow, VA /// Jiffy Lube Live*
September 29 /// Forest Hills, NY /// Forest Hill Stadium*
September 30 /// Forest Hills, NY /// Forest Hills Stadium*

*with Tyler Childers

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